Tag: MiG-25 Foxbat
The Soviet MiG-25 Reconnaissance Flights over Israel that IAF Fighters were...
'We saw Phantoms being scrambled from bases in Israel, but especially so from Meliz and their new base in the southern Sinai. They were...
Here’s an insight into MiG-25PD operations conducted against Det 4 SR-71s...
Had there ever been an order to shoot down the SR-71, the MiG-25PD crews were ready. But the routine of this event never escalated...
Eagle Vs Foxbat: when USAF F-15s dogfighted with Iraqi (or Russian?)...
'I looked at him more closely and saw that he had two missile pylons under each wing. Now I knew that it was not...
The defection of Viktor Belenko, the pilot who stole the super-secret...
The MiG-25 was of special importance to the Soviet air defence, since (until the MiG-31 entered service) it was the only aircraft capable of...
The spy planes that Israeli F-4 Phantom fighters were never able...
The most worrisome MiG-25 reconnaissance flight occurred on Oct. 10, 1971 when a pair of Foxbats flew parallel to the Israeli and Sinai Mediterranean...
Video shows MiG-31 catching fire on the runway
The fire started from the right engine. Both pilots have been saved; no one has been injured.
A MiG-31 caught fire while the aircraft was...
VIGGEN Vs BLACKBIRD: HOW SWEDISH AIR FORCE JA-37 FIGHTER PILOTS WERE...
"In total I have five hot intercepts against the SR-71 to my credit. All can be described as successful," Per-Olof Eldh, Swedish Air Force...
FOXBAT Vs BLACKBIRD: WHY THE MiG-25 NEVER POSED A CREDIBLE THREAT...
SR-71s flew off the coast of Russia, "taunting and toying with MiG-25s sent up to intercept them, scooting up to altitudes the Soviet planes...
TOMCAT Vs FOXBAT: THE STORY OF HOW IRIAF F-14 CREWS LEARNED TO...
The F-14 Tomcat fired one AIM-54A from a range of over 100km (60 miles). The missile quickly cut the distance to the MiG-25 Foxbat...
THIS PILOT SCORED BOTH THE FIRST U.S. F-16 KILL AND THE...
"Someone was going to die within the next two minutes, and it wasn't going to be me or my wingman," Gary North, first USAF...
